A Truely Outrageous Price!!!!
Rather spend $1,000 on the GB Firehouse & Disney Castle.
The fact that you can pick up 2 quality Ewok Villages with change than spending $800 on 1 set says at a lot!
Wouldn’t give this set the time of day.
Lift your game LEGO in 2017 with better quality Star Wars sets with a decent price tag.

The previous version was $700 AUD rrp and was released 8 years ago. I don’t think comparing it to the Big W clearance sale is a very fair comparison, particularly when Big W had bugger all stock at that price. Another factor to consider is that our dollar was almost at parity with the USD when it was initially released back in 2008, now it’s worth 25-30% less. There are 200 more pieces. There are more (and updated) minifigs. Inflation. The cost of shipping is now higher, particularly such a huge set. I would imagine imagine licensing costs would now be much higher too. Would I buy it? No, it’s too pricey for me. But clearly a lot of people bought the previous version. I’m lamenting they didn’t use the opportunity to give it more ‘display’ value but I think all the public rage on the price increase is unjustified given what I said above. Yes there are much better ‘value’ large sets available if price per part is your only metric for value. I’m sure TLG are more than happy for you to spend your money on those too ????

My comment about the Big W sale price was more about lamenting the missed opportunity, not a suggestion that the new one should be that price too. I’ve been planning a follow-up article looking at the pricing in more detail, I just haven’t had a chance

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